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What's wrong with turning a profit? That's just more incentive to keep the animals healthy.[/quote]

There is nothing wrong with making a profit. Nobody is arguing that profits are evil. However, if you exist to make a profit, that is what you will primarily worry about it. As a for-profit corporation, Sea World's primary concern is making a profit. This is so self-evident as to be a tautology. Sea World, a for-profit company, exists to make a profit.[/quote]

And therefore, it does less for conservation than the National Zoo?[/quote]

Therefore, its primary motivation is to make a profit.[/quote]

But PP said the National Zoo does more for conservation than SeaWorld. I would like to know why she believes that.[/quote]

No, the PP did not. The PP said:

[quote]I do go to the zoo, because I believe the zoo is focused on conservation in a way that Sea World and Ringling Brothers are not. [/quote]

Sea World, as a for-profit corporation, is appropriately focused on profit. Once again, THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION IS PROFIT. Not conservation. Profit. (Capital letters to indicate shouting.) Conservation may (or may not) be a secondary concern, but it is not the primary concern. The primary concern is profit. Because it's a for-profit corporation. That's what they're there for -- to make a profit.[/quote]

The list of socially conscious capitalists is really long.

Whole Foods
The Container Store
First United Bank
Tata (in India)
Amazon.com
Adobe
CarMax
CostCo
Chubb
3M
Disney
Colgate Palmolive.

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